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The case of South Korea – Verpatzter test run for sustainability chapters

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The case of South Korea – Verpatzter test run for sustainability chapters

From Tine Laufer / 17.02.2021 Comments Disabled

At the end of January 2021, an arbitration panel rejected the EU Commission's complaint that South Korea violated labour law agreements under the Common Free Trade Agreement. This decision...

Factsheet: Global – Regional – it doesn’t matter?

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Factsheet: Global – Regional – it doesn’t matter?

From Alessa Hartmann / 25.01.2021 Comments Disabled

The milk value chain and considerations for solidarity-based regionalisation The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic underscores new dimensions in the issue of global supply chains and international trade policy. Civil society...

Lunch & Learn 2.0 - A 4-part crash course series on climate change and trade policy

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Lunch & Learn 2.0 - A 4-part crash course series on climate change and trade policy

From Fabian Flues / 08.01.2021 Comments Disabled

Photo:"Ultra Innovation" by Nic Redhead is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 When it comes to decarbonizing our economic system, trade policy is usually left out. There are almost 30% the [...]

The European fleet CO2 limits: A contribution to climate justice in transport?

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The European fleet CO2 limits: A contribution to climate justice in transport?

From Peter Fuchs / 06.01.2021 Comments Disabled

More and more cars are driving on Europe's roads, and delivery traffic is increasing. CO2 emissions from road transport in the EU continue to rise - despite climate targets. This has serious global [...]

Clean up myths about the Energy Charter Treaty

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Clean up myths about the Energy Charter Treaty

From Fabian Flues / 15.12.2020 Comments Disabled

This week, the member states of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) will hold their annual conference and evaluate the ongoing attempts to reform the controversial agreement. Amid growing concern that the ECT [...]

Battery empty: The weak battery directive of the European Union

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Battery empty: The weak battery directive of the European Union

From Vanessa Fischer / 03.12.2020 Comments Disabled

Batteries and rechargeable batteries are a big market of the future and are an indispensable part of our modern life. For example, in e-mobility. According to the European Commission, by 2030, 28 million electric cars will [...]

Performance check automotive industry

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Performance check automotive industry

From Merle Groneweg / 27.11.2020 Comments Disabled

An analysis of industry initiatives and sustainability reports by BMW, Daimler and VW does too little to meet their human rights and environmental responsibilities for their high consumption of raw materials. The three largest German...

Time for a Globally Just Raw Materials Transition

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Time for a Globally Just Raw Materials Transition

From Tine Laufer / 18.11.2020 Comments Disabled

The environmental, human rights and climate crises are intensifying. Germany continues to consume enormous amounts of metallic raw materials on a global scale. As an example, we show what this consumption is for people in [...]

Travel guide: EU Mercosur: Ahead of the (climate) crisis

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Trade and investment policy Climate policy publication

Travel guide: EU Mercosur: Ahead of the (climate) crisis

From Bettina Müller / 29.10.2020 Comments Disabled

The travel guide "EU-Mercosur: Forward into the (climate) crisis" leads to the most popular destinations of European products, destroying industries in Mercosur and further heating the climate. Come with us on [...]

Climate justice à la carte, 2. ed.

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Climate justice à la carte, 2. ed.

From Anna Schüler / 20.09.2020 Comments Disabled

#We will rise, 2. ed. now NEW! The climate crisis has finally arrived in society as a topic, the demand for climate justice can be found as a counter-proposal in many protests and movements. [...]